Tag:Linus Ullmark
Disappointing Weekend for the Amerks
A three game weekend comes to an end for the Rochester Americans and the main question is, what’s happened to this team? The good news is that even on the current pace they’re still guaranteed a playoff spot. Once you’re in anything can happen but that doesn’t mean losing is acceptable. It wasn’t all that …
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Amerks Steamrolled the Penguins
The story of the game was the mind boggling 12 goals that the Rochester Americans scored on Friday night on the way to a 12-3 win over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. “It was an emotional win,” Criscuolo said. “We had a lot of guys who played with Wilkes-Barre last year and returned a few guys to …
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Amerks are Full of Opportunity; CJ Smith Injury
The weekend didn’t go as well as the Rochester Americans wanted on the ice and the week started off with more bad news, leading scorer CJ Smith is out 3-4 weeks with a lower body injury. Colin Blackwell talked about the CJ Smith injury news saying, “He does it all. Power play, kills penalties. Great …
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The Bears Attacked and Won in Overtime
The Rochester Americans continued their league lead in one statistic on Sunday afternoon in Hershey, games that have gone into overtime. The team leads the league with 42% of their games going into overtime. Hershey Bears forward Wayne Simpson scored with three seconds left in regulation to tie the game 2-2 and send the Amerks …
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Amerks Lose Again and Continue Sinking
Whatever you do, don’t let the fact that the Rochester Americans scored three goals Saturday night take away from the fact that they barely showed up for 50 minutes of the game. While the contenders are sharpening their game the Rochester Americans are falling off of the radar. What’s happening right now is bringing about …
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Road Trip, Still Having Fun and Returning Players
The Amerks are still in second place even after only winning two of their last 10 games but that may not last for long. Utica won on Friday night putting them in 3rd place and only two points behind Rochester in the standings. Ten games ago they were 14 points behind. The coaching staff put the …
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The Day After the Loss and BCA Upgrades
The day after the worst loss of the season for the Amerks the team hit the ice and went through a grueling almost 90 minute practice. That may sound like nothing but in an age of 45 minute practices when less is considered more it was unusual, especially the day after a game. They worked …
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Big Goal for Gionta with a Big Crowd
The obvious story line of Friday night was the one game professional tryout contract that Brian Gionta signed to play for the Rochester Americans. Within the first minute of the game he had the games first scoring chance rushing the net. There was a buzz of energy in the building every time the puck touched …
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Gameday vs Marlies Notes and Quotes
The long stretch away from home ice advantage is finally over and the Amerks are back in Rochester to play against the first place Toronto Marlies for Hometown Heroes night. So far this season the Marlies are 2-1 against the Amerks. Rochester 0 @ Toronto 2 (Jan 26 2018) Final Rochester 2 @ Toronto 0 …
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Ullmark is Playing for the Cup; CJ Smith Ends his Slump
After a great weekend in Charlotte the Amerks returned home to practice for road games ahead vs Toronto and Belleville before the All-Star break. They had won 4-1 and then were down 4-1 and scored three goals before losing in overtime. Seth Griffith talked about the win on Saturday saying, “We came out hot. We …
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A Great Weekend in Charlotte for the Amerks
The Amerks spent the weekend in Charlotte for back to back games and came out on top with three of four points, scored eight goals, a commanding 4-1 win and pushed a game to overtime after being down three goals. That’s a great weekend on the road. The Amerks have earned points in four straight …
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Comets Defeat the Amerks Again
The Utica Comets defeated the Rochester Americans again. The good news is that the two teams only play one more time in the regular season and hopefully that’s it. The Comets have had the Amerks number all season and won again on Wednesday night in the second straight shootout. The season series is now 6-1-1-1 …
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